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Judge Dee Benson reconsiders the Norton-Leavitt 2003
wilderness settlement; New Mexico’s Otero Mesa back on the
oil and gas auction block; former NOAA administrator James Lecky
accused of doctoring science in controversial biological
opinion
by Matt Jenkins,
Aug 22, 2005
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Congressman Richard Pombo’s task force tears into
the National Environmental Policy Act
by Laura Paskus,
Aug 22, 2005
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EnCana Oil and Gas offers to pay for offsite mitigation in
Wyoming in exchange for intensive drilling rights in the Jonah
Field
by Whitney Royster,
Aug 08, 2005
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Energy and mining companies are paying the salaries of
workers at Bureau of Land Management offices around the
West
by Tony Barboza,
Jul 16, 2008
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The Bureau of Land Management is shortening the amount of
time that citizens and environmental groups in Wyoming and Utah
will have to protest oil and gas leases
by Matt Jenkins,
Jul 16, 2008
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Natural gas is a wonderful thing, but our need for it does
not outweigh our responsibility to the land
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 07, 2005
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In 1969, the Atomic Energy Commission exploded an
underground nuclear bomb in western Colorado; today, the site of
Project Rulison is attracting natural gas drillers
by Jennie Lay,
Jul 16, 2008
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Like their military compatriots in Iraq, the American
civil servants charged with managing our public lands, water and
wildlife lack adequate funding, back-up, or the moral support of
their higher-ups
by Greg Hanscom,
Dec 20, 2004
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Environmental issues were almost invisible in the
presidential debates, but an awful lot has happened in the last
four years – and most of it has not been good for the
West.
by Greg Hanscom,
Oct 25, 2004
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Two Democratic governors – Dave Freudenthal of
Wyoming and Bill Richardson of New Mexico – find themselves
caught between the money that comes from the energy industry and
the environmental impacts of oil and gas development
by Paul Krza,
Jun 21, 2004
